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they refuse to follow in the footsteps of texas which sets the standard for many schools. the approved rule states, quote, no history textbook shall be approved which has been adjusted in accordance with the state of texas revisionist guidelines. no teacher of any discipline of science shall teach creationism or intelligent design in classes designated as science classes. the facts prevail. wonderful. >>> the political low light from last night's miss universe competition. the contestant from venezuela fielded a question about what new law she would want to put in place. she chose not to answer through a translator, but you might find yourself hoping something got lost in translation. >> if you could make a new law, what would it be and explain why. >> i think that we should have a straight way to go in our similar or -- in our live. for example, i am a -- and i think the best that i can take is the way that i wait for it. so please do our only low that we can do. thank you, vegas. >> even though she earned zero points for that answer, overall scores put her in third place
they refuse to follow in the footsteps of texas which sets the standard for many schools. the approved rule states, quote, no history textbook shall be approved which has been adjusted in accordance with the state of texas revisionist guidelines. no teacher of any discipline of science shall teach creationism or intelligent design in classes designated as science classes. the facts prevail. wonderful. >>> the political low light from last night's miss universe competition. the...
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. >>> record high temps were broken from the great lakes to texas yesterday. temperatures in chicago even reached 70 degrees. >>> and the barefoot man who received new boots from a new york city cop is not actually homeless. police say that the 54-year-old man has an apartment paid through disability and veterans benefits. >>> we are following this developing news coming to us from iran. officials claiming that the iranian navy forces shot down a u.s. drone over the persian gulf earlier this morning. a spokesman for the u.s. says there are no missing drones. what are you hearing about how all this all happened and the public declaration that they had a u.s. drone. >> reporter: that's right. the iranians are claiming that they captured a drone that was flying over the u.s. they said that the drone was on a reconnaissance mission gathering data over iran and that it isn't the first kind of situation of its kind. they said that the drone was on a reconnaissance mission and iranian troops have been monitoring it over a few days and captured it and electronically j
. >>> record high temps were broken from the great lakes to texas yesterday. temperatures in chicago even reached 70 degrees. >>> and the barefoot man who received new boots from a new york city cop is not actually homeless. police say that the 54-year-old man has an apartment paid through disability and veterans benefits. >>> we are following this developing news coming to us from iran. officials claiming that the iranian navy forces shot down a u.s. drone over the...
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but everywhere from texas through southern ohio and all the way to the east coast, you're still going to have one more exceptionally warm day ahead of this front. there are showers on that front. it's really nothing severe. just a few thunderstorms in the ozarks. back out west, another storm dumping heavy rain. this time it's primarily northern portions of the west coast. up in the northwest. in california our rivers have receded so that's good. as far as the um brobrella weat toledo, detroit, bring your umbrella with you for the morning commute. back down towards st. louis. you're going to have wet weather to deal with, too. you can see the showers right now approaching over the top of st. louis. so your forecast today, this is the bottle it up enjoy it while it lasts day, 70s all the way as far north as philadelphia today, even baltimore. new england a little cooler there. mid 50s in boston this time of year. you're loving that. chicago, it's not like they're complaining. in chicago, they went from 70 to 55. that is still by their standards in december, very, very nice. >> bill, tha
but everywhere from texas through southern ohio and all the way to the east coast, you're still going to have one more exceptionally warm day ahead of this front. there are showers on that front. it's really nothing severe. just a few thunderstorms in the ozarks. back out west, another storm dumping heavy rain. this time it's primarily northern portions of the west coast. up in the northwest. in california our rivers have receded so that's good. as far as the um brobrella weat toledo, detroit,...
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it started all the way back in west texas where they had a white christmas in amarillo and lubbock. thomas, we are up to 65% in the lower 48, covered with snow right now. it's almost triple this time last year. >> a lot of people traveling. eric fisher, thank you, sir. i appreciate it. >>> here's a look at some of the other stories topping the news. former president george h.w. bush remains in intensive care after his fever took a turn for the worst. bush is in guarded condition. doctors say they remain cautiously optimistic about his treatment. >>> nelson mandela has been discharged from the hospital after being treated for a lung infection and gallstone. officials say he'll continue to receive top-level care at his home until he fully recovers. >>> the late senator inouye's successor will be sworn in today. brian schatz is flying to washington this hour with president obama. he was chosen by kneale abercrombie, despite inouye's wishes that congresswoman hanabusa take his seat. >>> emergency contraceptives will remain part of the federal law. >>> and russian president vladimir puti
it started all the way back in west texas where they had a white christmas in amarillo and lubbock. thomas, we are up to 65% in the lower 48, covered with snow right now. it's almost triple this time last year. >> a lot of people traveling. eric fisher, thank you, sir. i appreciate it. >>> here's a look at some of the other stories topping the news. former president george h.w. bush remains in intensive care after his fever took a turn for the worst. bush is in guarded condition....
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the warm is down in southeastern texas where today we'll top out in the 70s. 60s in orlando. the east coast is quiet today for anyone traveling, for anyone shopping, getting that last-minute shopping done. but the west coast is still dealing with the rain and the snow. and for christmas eve we're still looking for some of the snow out west especially from billings, montana, right into denver, and the east coast will be quiet for christmas eve but it does look like that storm will get closer by the time we go into next week. so it does look like we'll see snow in oklahoma and arkansas for christmas day, but then it turns into another big rainstorm for the east coast as we head into the middle of next week. alex? >> dylan, happy holidays. thank you. >> you, too. >>> west coast headlines are next with one writer's experience buying a semiautomatic weapon at a gun show this weekend. >>> also, lessons learned from 1968 and the law passed by president lbj. if you are one of the millions of men who have used androgel 1%, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. >>> west coast he
the warm is down in southeastern texas where today we'll top out in the 70s. 60s in orlando. the east coast is quiet today for anyone traveling, for anyone shopping, getting that last-minute shopping done. but the west coast is still dealing with the rain and the snow. and for christmas eve we're still looking for some of the snow out west especially from billings, montana, right into denver, and the east coast will be quiet for christmas eve but it does look like that storm will get closer by...
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texas overturned a decision called hardwick which criminalized homosexuality. the decision of the court that said you can criminalize it was decided by justice powell who never even met a homosexual not realizing his clerk was gay. this court evolves more slowly than society at large. it will be close. there are great risks. this could be the brown v. board of education for gay and lesbian couples. or the case before it that embraced segregation. it's very hard to predict. it leaves many of us very, very nervous. it's not just the 120,000 couples in this country who are gay or lesbian and married but it affects all of us. we currently have a country that disenfranchises people who want to marry for love and we don't let them. 31 states prohibit those type of marriages. >> a lot of people come back to the 1960s in loving versus west virginia and whether it will mirror that merely 50 years later. the court, though, has ten marriage equality cases to choose from. as i pointed out, they only chose two. if i know this correctly, they had eight different ones to cons
texas overturned a decision called hardwick which criminalized homosexuality. the decision of the court that said you can criminalize it was decided by justice powell who never even met a homosexual not realizing his clerk was gay. this court evolves more slowly than society at large. it will be close. there are great risks. this could be the brown v. board of education for gay and lesbian couples. or the case before it that embraced segregation. it's very hard to predict. it leaves many of us...
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and west texas gun culture is very different than st. louis inner city gun culture, which is very different than los angeles and miami gun culture. so to that point, i don't think -- i think that the only place you have meaningful discourse comes out of the middle. and that's not because the middle is moderate, that's because that's the only place people are talking. so when, what you want to do is you want to have a set of dialogue in the middle. because after connecticut happened, what we saw was a dueling set of monologues on either side and they were very loud and everybody was shouting. and you can't, it is filly impossible to think and shout at the same time. >> will you tell me, for viewers that have not read this article, just walk us through the basics of what you wrote about. >> well, i realized after connecticut and was having this reaction to how angry everybody was on both sides, i realized that guns have been present in my life growing up in west texas at a lot of different milestones. all of my milestone moments have had g
and west texas gun culture is very different than st. louis inner city gun culture, which is very different than los angeles and miami gun culture. so to that point, i don't think -- i think that the only place you have meaningful discourse comes out of the middle. and that's not because the middle is moderate, that's because that's the only place people are talking. so when, what you want to do is you want to have a set of dialogue in the middle. because after connecticut happened, what we saw...
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nothing against any of these people, other than rick perry, the governor of texas, most of these people could not win a senate seat or a governor seat. they just couldn't. and yet americans say, that's the republican party. herman cain- >> i like him. >> he's in first place for three weeks. sarah palin -- >> no doubt i think republicans hate having all those republican primary debates that allowed them to get up and entertain opposed to maybe actually win. but when you have a certain small slice of the population in iowa and south carolina dictating which candidate will resonate, that's a real problem. i think some sort of reform of the primary process and let a larger swath of the american people and republican party have a say in this early on, i think we will continue to have this problem. >> i guess the question is, gene, why did the jeb bushes of the party, why did the mitch daniels, why did -- we have haley coming up, why did people who ran the republican party on a state level or national level, why didn't more of those leaders jump in this time? >> well, i think two reasons. one
nothing against any of these people, other than rick perry, the governor of texas, most of these people could not win a senate seat or a governor seat. they just couldn't. and yet americans say, that's the republican party. herman cain- >> i like him. >> he's in first place for three weeks. sarah palin -- >> no doubt i think republicans hate having all those republican primary debates that allowed them to get up and entertain opposed to maybe actually win. but when you have a...